Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-14
INDUSTRIAL World.

Since the last detailed report on the crop
question in the northwest excessively hot
weather has prevailed in some portions and
considerable damage has bcen done to wheat
and other grains. Chinch bugs are also at
work, especially in Southern Minnesota, where
whole fields have been laid bare by these in
scc.s Tho greater Damage appears to have
been done in Frccborn, Mower, Fillmore,
Houston, 0lmstead, Winona aud portions of
Falrbault counties, where tho estimated loss
is put at from 30 per cent to total failure.
There are no very large farms in this section
of the State, and the loss will be divided
wheat in this section was very large and of
excellent quality. In 1885 the total yield of
wheat in tho above counties was 4,l01,146
bushels, or about 10 per cent. of the total
yie.d for the State. Last year the acreage
sown to wheat was S0i, ,4S3, about 10 per cent
of the total acreage of tho State In the tim
Der county of Minnesota wheat is reported rs
no. nctr 30 heavy as last year and is said to
be tim and unovcn in many places on the
prairie, and weeds ara much moro abundant
than is usual in dry seasons.
Tho outlook for Wisconsin mill mon along
the Chippewa and its tributaries is growing
more ruinous. The light rains of the past
few weeks have not affected the rivers At
present thoro are but 100000 feet of logs
remaining in the Dells pond, and no possible
way of getting more in, though there arc mil
lions of logs just oat of reach. For several
weeks even flooding the river from the dams
has been abandoned, us sufficient volume
cannot be lmd at tho headwators. The river
seems TO be at the lowest stage possible, while
sandbars meet the eye everywhere. Unless
immediate heavy rains occur the result of the
summers work will not be assuring to either
mil men or mill hands. 1t will take at least
a week of the heaviest rains to affect the head
waters of the Chippewa.
"A serious riot vas threatened nt Lincoln,
Ncb., The other day between two gangs of
men employed in laying track for rival street
car companies on Tenth street. Both COM
panics were fighting for the possession of The
street, and as fast as tho rails were laid by
one gang the other would tear them up and
replace theu; by their own. Tho leaders
finally drew revovers and guarded their men
with loud threats, until the police stepped in
and put three of them under arrest Among
those arrested was John Fitzgerald, president
of The Irish National League of America and
stockholder in one of the rival companies
He was fired $40 and costs for tlourishing
revolver
The f49th call for Sl9, ,76000 3 per cent
bonds matured on tho 1st inst Since then SIS
5l2,GGO of bonds have been redeemed by the
treasury department, leaving s4,2 q, 900 of that
call still outstanding. OF the bonds redeemed
sll,oco,G0 have been deposited with United
States treasurer to secure the national bank
circulation The 5 per cont loan amounted to
s3O2,250,0,0, all of which has been called.
The amount redeemed to date is s294, Sl9,95l,
80 there is still outstanding sS,23aC50 Pay
mcnts from the treasury on account of pen
sions since the LIST inst amount to nearly sl2,-
&0,0M. The expenditures SO far this month
exceed receipts by over 81 ,000,Co2 and there
is every indication that this excess will be main
taincd at the treasury department, and that
the large expenditures to be made between
now and tho lst of September will reduce the
treasury surplus to about s3G,o00,t00 by tho
last-named date.